Sentence examples for huge kickback from inspiring English sources

I was dead chuffed, but in my heart, I thought, 'This is never going to be released,' because there would have been a huge kickback".

See articleMore trouble for DilmaA former executive at Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil firm, alleged a huge kickback scheme in which politicians skimmed money from Petrobras contracts in return for supporting the government in congressional votes.

In a two-year investigation known as Operation Carwash, prosecutors have uncovered what they say is a huge kickback and bribery scheme at the oil giant, which has become the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil's history.

They say that the investigation made it appear likely that Mr. Dalli at least knew about efforts to secure a huge kickback from Swedish Match, and that his departure was necessary to protect the commission's credibility and its anti-tobacco legislation, which was under review at the time.

Prosecutors allege that a cartel of politicians and executives at Petrobras and two dozen of Brazil's top construction firms ran a huge kickback scheme through which billions of dollars were skimmed off vastly overpriced contracts that were signed with the Brazilian oil giant — with at least $2 billion paid out in bribes.

Mrs. Arroyo, detained on separate electoral fraud charges, has denied wrongdoing in the latest case, which involves accusations of huge kickbacks.

The downfall of Alberto Fujimori, the president from 1990-2000, laid bare their involvement in huge kickbacks on arms purchases, in human-rights abuses and even electoral fraud.

The case, with its tales of huge kickbacks, illicit arms deals, luxurious gifts and sex in high places has kept France enthralled.

Much of the material related to deals in the 1990s on which huge kickbacks are alleged to have been paid and the proceeds salted away in Christian Democratic party coffers.

PAGE A3 German Corruption Case Adding to charges of improprieties while Helmut Kohl was German chancellor, prosecutors say huge kickbacks were paid on the sale of tanks and an oil refinery.

But $1.5 billion went on arms purchases, which involved huge kickbacks stashed in foreign bank accounts.To the average Peruvian, privatisation means not just corruption but higher utility tariffs and job lossesTo the average Peruvian, privatisation means not just corruption but higher utility tariffs and job losses.